God

Stones have waters worn away, Their outpourings wash away the dust of earth, And the hope of man Thou hast destroyed.

Thou prevailest over him for ever, and he goeth, He is changing his countenance, And Thou sendest him away.

Yea, thou dost make reverence void, And dost diminish meditation before God.

Of the secret counsel of God dost thou hear? And withdrawest thou unto thee wisdom?

Too few for thee are the comforts of God? And a gentle word is with thee,

For thou turnest against God thy spirit? And hast brought out words from thy mouth:

Lo, in His holy ones He putteth no credence, And the heavens have not been pure in His eyes.

For he stretched out against God his hand, And against the Mighty he maketh himself mighty.

He runneth unto Him with a neck, With thick bosses of his shields.

God shutteth me up unto the perverse, And to the hands of the wicked turneth me over.

At ease I have been, and he breaketh me, And he hath laid hold on my neck, And he breaketh me in pieces, And he raiseth me to him for a mark.

Go round against me do his archers. He splitteth my reins, and spareth not, He poureth out to the earth my gall.

He breaketh me--breach upon breach, He runneth upon me as a mighty one.

My interpreter is my friend, Unto God hath mine eye dropped:

And he reasoneth for a man with God, And a son of man for his friend.

Place, I pray Thee, my pledge with Thee; Who is he that striketh hand with me?

For their heart Thou hast hidden From understanding, Therefore Thou dost not exalt them.

Only these are tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.

Know now, that God turned me upside down, And His net against me hath set round,

My way He hedged up, and I pass not over, And on my paths darkness He placeth.

He breaketh me down round about, and I go, And removeth like a tree my hope.

And He kindleth against me His anger, And reckoneth me to Him as His adversaries.

Pity me, pity me, ye my friends, For the hand of God hath stricken against me.

Why do you pursue me as God? And with my flesh are not satisfied?

And after my skin hath compassed this body , Then from my flesh I see God: